What is MCT oil? One of the hardest parts of fasting is dealing with food cravings. When you're not eating, your brain starts conjuring up all the delicious food you can eat when you break your fast. MCT oil helps you feel full for longer. How? MCT oil is a specific type of fat that your body can easily convert into ketones. Ketones … [Read more...]
How to fast like a pro
Intermittent fasting 101 For millions of years, humans have fasted. Think of your Palaeolithic ancestors... Do you think they had access to breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day? Three square meals a day is a modern convenience. Your ancestors fasted out of necessity – there were times of the year when there wasn’t enough … [Read more...]
How to Lower Insulin – Step One (part 2)
Fasting doesn't have to be miserable. You don't have to grit it out. We can make fasting a breeze. And that's the whole point of this lesson... How to make fasting easy There are other reasons to fast, but right now we recommend fasting solely to lower your insulin. Follow these 3 steps to make fasting easy: Set your initial fasting goal … [Read more...]
How to Lower Insulin – Step One
At this stage of the course, you should know the following: Insulin is the root cause of a lot of your health challenges. Even if your blood sugar looks great, there might still be a problem. To improve your health, you need to lower your insulin levels. Remember these three things. The rest of the course is focused on creating a … [Read more...]
Insulin 101
Take a look at these blood sugar readings. What do you see? A lot of the blue line heading outside the grey borders. Meaning elevated blood sugar. This is the type of graph that makes your doctor concerned about your blood sugar. This is what you're hoping your blood sugar readings don't look like. What about this next picture. How … [Read more...]
The Flourish Project: Week Three
Week Two Summary
Why are you tracking blood sugar? What you eat, when you eat, and how much you eat, all have a drastic effect on your blood sugar and therefore your health – in a positive or negative way. In this course, you’re going to find out what foods affect your blood sugar, and what foods you can eat without a problem. How does blood sugar become … [Read more...]
What’s More Important Than Blood Sugar & Calories?
You've probably heard us mentioned the word insulin... Today, you learn how insulin relates to your blood sugar and why it's so 'bloody' important! If you remember from a previous lesson, insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas that is responsible for moving sugar from the blood into the cells. After eating, your blood sugar levels rise. … [Read more...]
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